Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 268
gaged the thread> to such an extent that tiioso remaining wereunable to support the load imposed on them by the boiler pres^re. The boiler at the time of the accident was connected in line with sevenothers, on which all pop valves were set to 105 lbs. per square inch, so there isa reasonable… … Fi(7. 2. Section of Boiler. plausible explanation as to how a pressure which did not exceed 105 lbs. couldseriously buckle a sheet of this thickness held by stays in the manner described,is that the sheet was weakened by overheating. From the data at hand the cause of this overheating cannot be…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
Internet Archive · Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
